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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1931
Page
3
Four Clarksville women on route to Little Rock were injured when their car overturned near Pottyville. They were taken to a Russellville hospital. Mrs. Dillon Blackburn, 30, suffered a possible skull fracture. Mrs. Ernest Bartlett, 25, Mrs. Dane Kendall, 25, and Miss Johnnie Partain, a College of the Ozarks student, sustained minor cuts and bruises.
ST LOUIS With two men under arrest police say they near satisfaction in resolving the $1,000,000 Grand National Bank burglary from May 1930. Henry J Farrar was arrested at Jefferdon hotel after allegedly telling a detective the full story of the crime. John Lugar, 34, linked to Farrar, was also taken into custody. Farrar claimed five men took part, with him as lookout, while a recording device captured the hotel room conversation. The robbery reportedly included $882,000 in securities turned over to ex legislator Joseph Lemon, with other cash and jewelry unrecovered.
Washington reports the first four months of the current fiscal year show a deficit of 661,120,850 dollars. Tax receipts fell short by 243,000,000 while public building spending rose. Receipts totaled 703,029,000 and expenditures reached 1,364,750,000.
Roy Crane, a mild Texan comic artist, created Wash Tubbs, turning his life into an ongoing adventure. From early jobs to repeated firings, Crane’s pursuit of art led to a famed strip that captured readers with its wild, lively hero. He was born in Abilene, Texas, and studied at Simmons College, University of Texas, and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts before finally pursuing travel and drawing full time.
In Idabel a 29 year old wife of Charles Draper says he confessed to killing three men near DeQueen Arkansas. Draper who surrendered in Clarksville Texas will be brought here after an expected baby is born. The victims are E S Chappell Jack O Dell and an unidentified youth. Draper said money was motive. A guard surrounds him to prevent self harm. Preliminary hearings likely within days with court appointing a defense attorney.
Hope Chamber of Commerce will plan its annual meeting in Hope city hall with a 4 oclock start. Directors will discuss the annual dinner and the election of the 1931-31 board, chosen each fall by direct vote of chamber members.
Arthur Mc Cafferty Jr a five year old evangelist announced in Evansville Indiana that he will increase his sermon schedule to two sermons weekly. He has appeared here and in Southern Illinois and studies the Bible with his father though not yet in school. His favorite sermon is Matthew 3 2 Repent ye for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand. Mc Cafferty says Arthur can answer 600 biblical questions. Next fall he will accompany his father to Cincinnati to attend the Euluh Home a Methodist Episcopal Bible school.
Texarkana report says Charles A. Beasley merchant and Garland City mayor filed a $150000 slander suit in the Arkansas side circuit court Monday against Kansas City Bridge Company vice president Harry Clark and detective A D Booth for statements that he supplied dynamite and hired blowers. Beasley, who had a stake in Garland City’s ferry, claims the Red River bridge on State Highway No 2 was dynamited September 4 last year causing about $200000 in losses. A confessed participant was jailed last May. he would not name the employer.
President Hoover issued a proclamation calling on U S citizens to observe November 11 as Armistice Day with ceremonies pledging an effort to perpetuate world peace and to honor veterans and the ceasefire ending World War I. The proclamation urged nationwide observance and peaceful use of the day for reflection.
Nashville reports that sponsors of the Nashville to Dierks courthouse removal campaign met recently and abandoned the effort for now due to finances. They say if a Nashville bond issue for a new courthouse arises, Dierks will seek another election on removal and continue the fight. Courts previously ruled there were not enough unchallenged voters to grant a removal election, placing the burden of proof on Dierks.
Amarillo officials and Chamber of Commerce urged customers to sign petitions for another rate cut by November 1, prompting widespread phone shutdowns. Hotels, city hall, and Chamber offices reported no service while police and fire departments maintained lines. Chamber manager O Vernon said orders must be in writing and the organization would continue interviewing subscribers until all disconnects are completed.
Theron Moore, 15, was held to the grand jury after a preliminary hearing in Batesville on charges of slaying Chester Scroggin, 21, and wounding three other youths at an old fashioned square dance in Hutcheson community Saturday night. Defense witnesses said the slain youth and his brother had insulted Moore and tried to attack him.
Ralph Capone’s lawyers said they would seek a reconsideration after the Supreme Court refused to hear his income tax case. The pledge comes as other Capone relatives and gangsters face tax evasion convictions and await the court’s ruling on Ralph’s case.
Jonesboro Ark. C D Frierson representing Drainage District No 7 of Poinsett county filed suits for about 115000 against Sheriff A H Landers claiming taxes collected during 1927 1928 1929 and 1930 are due to the district. The audit by a Memphis accounting firm prompted the action and noted potential bar by statute of limitations for 1925 and 1928. The sheriff was given time to respond and may face trial in CHANCERY COURT at Harrisburg. Landers has 30 days to answer.
Texarkana report says Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Bean of 923 Gand Avenue and their daughter Mrs. C. A. Cherry suffered severe injuries Monday when their car overturned on the Redwater highway about 30 miles southwest of Texarkana. Bean had broken ribs and Mrs. Cherry a broken arm. The report notes Bean was responsible for the driving. The boy driving lost control and the car left the road into a ditch.
Joseph C Newman, a New York diamond broker, told police he was kidnapped in a downtown district by two men, driven to the city outskirts, robbed of jewelry valued at $200,000, and released. A five member Hoover committee to review naval policy is to meet in Washington. Governors Parnell and Bilbo invite cotton growing states to a November 20 conference in Jackson to discuss a uniform acreage reduction program. Hoover proposes plans to accelerate home building after a White House conference with real estate and insurance leaders.
Following habeas corpus proceedings before County Judge J. C. Smalley, Mrs. Cora Little, charged with first degree murder in the death of her husband Glen Little, will be permitted to make bond of 7500. Leo Jordan of Fort Smith also involved in the slaying, bond efforts under way. Preliminary hearing for both not yet set. Jordan jailed in Fort Smith, Little here. Autopsy found Little murdered, body in Arkansas River with rock tied to neck and no water in lungs. missing since the night they left the confectionery before the troth line run.
R N Garrett 52-year-old Spanish American War veteran from Number 9 community near Blytheville was killed when struck by a car on Highway 1 near Armorel Monday afternoon. Driver Erwin Clayton is jailed with no charges yet filed. Garrett stepped from a car to fetch a weed stem, recrossed the road, and was hit. He was taken to the Armorel drug store and funeral services are set for Wednesday at Number 9 cemetery with the Herman Davis chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in charge.
Earl Quinn, condemned for the roadside killing of two Blackwell teachers Jessie Griffin and Zezia Griffin, had a second appeal denied by Judge John Burger. The Louisiana date of execution is set for January 10.
President Hoover rebukes William Howard Gardner of the Navy League for charges that the administration starved the Navy. Hoover says Gardner should issue a public correction and apology and he will appoint a committee to investigate the league's accusations.
The Mid-South Cotton cooperative reports a flood of requests as the 8-cent government loan offer prompts farmers to seek quick statements on cotton grade and weight. General manager Charles G. Henry says classing lags, forcing night and day shifts to process drafts and final reports, urging patience while guiding members on loan coverage.
Hope city council will hold its regular November meeting in the council rooms at city hall Tuesday night. The agenda includes unfinished business on Mayor Vesey’s veto of a resolution to assume bank loans on the machinery of the local cheese plant to retain it in the city. The last session backed the indebtedness, but the mayor vetoed the measure, needing six of eight aldermen to override.
Olin Petty of 900 Fir was killed instantly when a sawmill named 2 Caine Sawmill was wrecked in a recent incident. Details remain sparse as investigators review the scene and determine the cause.
An OCR fragment notes a person near an alley and a gun or nail attempt to harm self. The readable text mentions identity papers and a brief interval after, with a reference to Goodwin and a life-ending act. Further details are unavailable in the fragment.
Dallas reporters say the Texas Louisiana Tariff Bureau urged a Tuesday recommendation for substantial cotton rate cuts to Texas and Oklahoma ports. Arkansas rates may stay. Cummins notes hope for quickly enacted reductions. Carriers plan to petition the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington this week.
About 80 coal miners walk out in Henryetta Oklahoma on Monday after United Mine Workers representative David Fowler said wage cuts from 5.00 to 3.60 and tonnage rate cuts from 83 cents to whatever operators demanded triggered the strike. Workers reportedly sought wages in line with existing sales contracts and had refused to confer with mining company officers or a mining workers committee.
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